Business, Services And Guides For Music Labels
Lawyers for the Whitney Houston Estate are still attempting settle an $11 million IRS demand. But did Uncle Sam completely miscalculate the royalties? Whitney Houston sold a lot of records before her untimely death in 2012. Actually, she’s been selling a ton after her death, and the IRS wants their cut. That is, an $11 […]
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Streaming music exclusives ultimately harm the music industry, says the Chinese government. A Chinese regulator has issued a strongly-worded notice to music streamers about signing music exclusives. Last week, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and Television (SAPPRFT) posted a warning to Chinese music streamers. The SAPPRFT sent the notice to Tencent Music […]
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Rolling Stone magazine founder Jenn Wenner hopes to sell the magazine to someone with a lot of money. A botched high-profile gang rape story. Multiple lawsuits. Millions in damages. A recent wave of high-profile exits in print media. Now, Rolling Stone’s office operates with a diminished staff. On the magazine’s 50th anniversary, Wenner Media announced […]
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Spotify is now facing legal pressure from some of the largest musicians and songwriters in the world. Earlier this week, Spotify was served with multiple lawsuits demanding hundreds of millions in unpaid royalties. But the list of prominent musicians and songwriters is far deeper than we imagined. According to documents shared with Digital Music News, […]
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Note to self: Never tell an experienced hacker collective group to “F— Off,” or you’ll end up like Vevo. Vevo has confirmed that they’ve experienced a serious data breach. Hacker collective group OurMine was behind the attack. The group has taken credit for hijacking WikiLeaks’ DNS, and hacking HBO’s Twitter account. An employee reportedly told […]
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How can you ensure that every artist gets paid in the digital age? According to creative rights platform Blokur, just use blockchain technology. Efforts to create an authoritative global music rights database have failed miserably. In July, ASCAP and BMI, two of the largest performance rights organizations (PROs) in the world, announced plans to create […]
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YuMi the Robot has conducted a human orchestra. Should Dudamel be worried? On Tuesday night, YuMi, a humanoid robot, conducted the Lucca Symphony Orchestra in Pisa, Italy. Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli sang alongside the robot conductor. Swiss firm ABB designed the two-armed robot. To mark the First International Festival of Robotics in Pisa, YuMi performed […]
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How do you go from ‘billion-dollar IPO’ to ‘billions in potential damages’? Welcome to Spotify’s fun-filled week. Should Spotify pay a license to ‘reproduce’ songs on its platform? That’s now the billion dollar question — if not the ‘billions of dollars’ question. And its now the focal point for ten different copyright lawsuits by angry publishers […]
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Deezer has the cash to become a serious player in the music streaming market. But will SoundCloud accept a possible acquisition, or will it go down in flames? Last year, the company reported that it only had enough cash to survive until December 2017. Since 2016, the platform has lost over 100 million users. In […]
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Spotify’s war with music publishers just got 100 times worse. That’s because more than 100 notable musicians — including Tom Petty, Kenny Rogers, the Black Keys, and Zach De La Rocha — are filing legal paperwork to force Spotify to pay them more. Last week, major music publishers promised a war against Spotify. But it […]
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